Researchers found that life expectancy growth in wealthy nations has dramatically slowed since 1939. Once driven by major reductions in child mortality, longevity gains are now limited by slower ...

NEW YORK — Humanity is hitting the upper limit of life expectancy, according to a new study. Advances in medical technology and genetic research — not to mention larger numbers of people making it to ...

We are, collectively speaking, living longer than ever before. Life expectancy in the US shot up at a rate of about three years per decade in the last century: from roughly age 47 in 1900 to age 77 in ...

Recent findings challenge the long-standing belief in the steady rise of life expectancy in the United States. A significant ...

We have collectively become obsessed with living forever. But according to a new study, all that biohacking may not be enough ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Researchers are now suggesting that male and female lifespans continue to increase linearly, and have not ...

Research shows life expectancy growth is slowing, with significant implications for health policies and individual planning in high-income nations.

Last month, a new research study published by a University of Wisconsin assistant professor in the La Follette School of Public Affairs Héctor Pifarreé i Arolas concluded that the average life ...

Longevity gains made in the first half of the 20th century have significantly slowed down in recent decades, according to a new study. “The unprecedented increase in life expectancy we achieved in the ...

But life doesn’t exactly stop there. In fact, the professionals found that the maximum age a human female is likely to live ...